Onekama's Ski Team at Mt. Pleasant Feb. 21, 2006

The ski team accepted one more last minute invitation, the Mt. Pleasant ski invitational. The race was held on Snow Snake where the Boy's team competed against 10 schools and the Girls were up against 6. The boy's team had a pretty good day placing 6th as a team. Sr. Dani Olson, who is headed to State, said she can't explain why or what happened for the girls or her at this meet. These were the same schools that she had beaten at the Cadillac Invitational at the start of the season. There are no lifts at Snow Snake, just tow ropes and the kids reported that it was like trying to race the bottom of cheers at Crystal. In other words no steeps at all...Dani smiled at me with a twinkle in her eyes and exclaimed," I guess I'm saving it for the state meet!" The girl's placed 5th as a team at this invitational. Mt.Pleasant awarded medals to the top 10 placings. The stats do not break down team wise for each event. Only overall team finishes for the day were listed.

Order of Team Finish: Boys:
1st Harrison A      40 pts
2nd Mt.Pleasant A 66
3rd Clare              79
4th Mt.Pleasant B 170
5th Roscommon    184
6th Onekama        218
7th Mt.Pleasant C 231
8th Harrison C        241
9th Roscommon B 327
10th Harrison B     352

Order of Team Finish: Girls
1st Mt.Pleasant A    33pts
2nd Clare               77
3rd Harrison           93
4th Roscommon   144
5th Onekama       157
6th Mt.Pleasant B 186

Girl's Giant Slalom:
Dani Olson placed 13th overall in giant slalom with her times of :19.09 and :19.96 for a combined effort of :39.05. Emily Harwell placed 15th with her runs of :19.52 and :20.68 and combined of :40.20. Monika Higley placed 23rd with a very nice first run of :20.61 and a second runof :22.38. Kelli Waligorski placed 25th with :21.53 and :22.73 for a combined of :44.26.

Girl's Slalom:
Dani Olson led the team with her 16th place finish of times of :23.40 and :23.08. Emily Harwell finished with :23.45 and :23.38 for 18th place.
Monika Higley placed 23rd with her times of :26.97 and :26.28 and Kelli Waligorksi was right behind her with :26.27 and :27.12 for 24th.

Boy's Slalom:
Sr. Jesse Ketchum placed 14th leading the boys team with his runs of :20.78 and :21.88. Garret Samsal placed 26th with his effort of :21.88 and :24.41. BJ Jobbins was back after a fall at Crystal Mt. placing 32nd with runs of :23.04 and :25.59. Freshman Donny Olson placed 36th with :28.45 and :30.75.

Boy's Giant Slalom:
Jesse once again led the team with his 18th place finish and times of :19.47 and a WHOPPING second run of :17.65! Awesome run Jesse!
Garret Samsal placed 21st with nice runs of :19.69 and :18.29. Great run Garret! BJ Jobbins placed 34th with 21.91 and :20.25 and Donny Olson 37th with :22.69 and :21.96.
Overall it was a good season for the Ski team. Keep promoting the team and get more prospect for next year! Depth of team was the only thing hurting the stats this year....
Congratulations boy's team on your runs today!